The hearing was told Dhillon was being investigated by the Immigration Department over false passport allegations and was regarded as a flight risk.

Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles, of the homicide squad, said Dhillon, a resident of the house Gurshan disappeared from, had made admissions about dumping the boy.

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Gursewak Dhillon after being charged with manslaughter.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui

Detective Senior Sergeant Iddles said Dhillon "placed the child in the boot of his car unconscious but still alive’’.

"He then drove up to at least three hours with the child in the boot of the car, eventually stopping at Oaklands Junction, where he placed the child from the boot into the grass and did not check to see if the child was alive," Detective Senior Sergeant Iddles said.

Dhillon then returned to the Lalor home, Detective Senior Sergeant Iddles said. No evidence was presented as to how the boy was rendered unconscious.

Dhillon was dressed in a short-sleeved polo shirt at the hearing, before bail justice Ben Czerniewicz.

Dhillon, who has a child in India and a wife in Melbourne, said he would surrender his driver's licence and passport and that he would stay with a friend in Melbourne.

But Detective Senior Sergeant Iddles said the friend no longer wanted anything to do with him.

The homicide squad detective added: ''There are allegations that he is here under a false passport and that is being investigated and there will not be a result for at least another week.''

Dhillon, who has been living in Melbourne since June 2008 and said he was planning to start a courier business this week, was remanded in custody to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court tomorrow.

Earlier in the day Gurshan's parents, Harjit Singh and Harpreet Kaur, attended a religious service to mourn the death of their little boy.

On Saturday, the couple spent an hour viewing their son's body.

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An autopsy last week failed to determine a cause of death and Gurshan's fully clothed body showed no signs of trauma.